Boston

We drove from Kennebunkport to Littleton MA last Friday, July 22^nd for a 5-night stay at Boston Minuteman Campground. The campground is in a heavily wooded, hilly area about 30-miles west of Boston.

The campground office provided detailed directions so we decided to drive about 30-minutes to the nearest subway station and ride the “red line” subway to Boston Commons park in downtown Boston. Neither one of us had ever been to Boston before, so we decided to take a hop-on, hop-off trolley to get a feel for where all the historic sites were.

After our trolley tour, we walked a block from Boston Commons park to the Cheers tavern. It was interesting to see the actual bar “Bull & Finch” that the Cheers bar was based on. We ended up eating dinner there before heading out on the nearby subway.

 

 

Sunday morning we drove to the subway station and took the “red line” to Boston Commons again. We began walking the “Freedom Trail”, a 3-mile walking trail, which goes past all major historic sites and is marked by red colored bricks on the sidewalk. We thoroughly enjoyed seeing all the historic sites, including the cemetery where John Hancock, Paul Revere and Sam Adams are buried, the first public school, Paul Revere’s house, the North Church, Bunker Hill and the USS Constitution-Old Ironsides.

 

We stopped for dinner at the famous Union Oyster House, in business for 190-years and where Daniel Webster went every day. It also was a favorite of JFK and the booth he always used was marked with a special plaque. Julie tried the fried oysters and I had broiled sea scallops for dinner.

 

After dinner we stopped at the Omni Parker hotel gift shop to pick up two slices of their famous Boston cream pie to take home. It was good.

We checked and the Boston Red Sox were playing at home this week. We wanted to go on Sunday afternoon but the baseball game was sold out. We did get discounted tickets for Monday night’s game against Detroit.

We left around 4PM for the 7:30 game start. We took the red line into Boston again but had to transfer to the green line to get to Fenway Park. The challenge we faced were the large commuter crowds trying to get onto the same subway cars the baseball fans were trying to get onto. The trains that came into the transfer station were nearly full and people were squeezing onto already crowded cars.

 

Fenway Park is a baseball temple. We thoroughly enjoyed the excitement of being at the game and talking to the fans around us. However, we decided to leave at the start of the 7^th inning and start heading back. We finally found the subway stop and made out way home. It’s too bad the Red Sox lost to the Detroit Tigers 4-2.

 

 

We "moved" today to Carver, MA for a 3-night stay. We plan to visit Plymouth Rock, Plymouth Plantation, and maybe take a ferry to Nantucket.

Steve & Julie Cornelius